Boot-drier



(No Model.)

B. A. JONES. BOOT 11111163.,

No; 454,050. Patented June 16, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER ANN JONES, OF FOREST CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 454,050, dated June 16,1891. Application filed January 30, 1891. Serial No. 379,697. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTHER ANN J ONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forest City, in the county of Susquehanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCupboards for Drying Boots or Shoes; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inapparatus specially designed for drying boots, shoes, and otherfoot-wear.

The invention has for its object to provide a cheaply-constructedreceptacle for boots or shoes, so constructed as to permit the storingof several pairs of boots within a small compass, provision being hadfor the catching of water, which may result from the melting of snow orice, and provision also being had whereby a free circulation of air mayat all times be maintained throughout the compartment, thus insuring therapid drying of either boots or shoes, which in winter or in rainyweather mayhave become either water-soaked or covered with ice or snow.

The device is so constructed as to occupy the least possible space andto present a neat and ornamental appearance.

In the accomplishment of the above objects the invention involvescertain peculiarties of construction and relative arrangements orcombinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specificallydefined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, like letters of reference indicating like partsthroughout the several Views, and in which drawings- I Figure 1 isaperspective view of a boot and shoe drying device constructed inaccordance with my invention, parts being shown as broken away. Fig. 2is a central vertical section through the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a cupboard provided with an enlarged lower portion B, withinwhich, upon suitable guidestrips 1) 12, secured to the inner wall of thecupboard, is placed a water tight tray or drawer 0, directly above whichis placed a suitable screen or grating D of a width corresponding withthe length of the foot of an ordinary boot or shoe. The upper portion Eof the cupboard is of a width corresponding with the thickness of aboot-leg. Each of the compartments B and E is provided with a separatedoor B and E, respectively, and for the purpose of securing a freecirculation of air throughout the drying-chamber an airspace F isprovided at the upper edge of the door B, said space being hidden fromview by the lower edge of the inclined shelf G, and small air-spaces g gmay be provided in the top of the cupboard.

In use the boots or shoes to be dried are placed within the uppercompartment of the cupboard, the toes of the boots being turned towardthe front of the same. It will thus be seen that the boots when inposition for drying will rest upon the grating or screen D directlyabove the tray 0, which will serve to catch any drippings. The legs ofthe boots will occupy the contracted or narrow upper compartment.

Beneath the tray C is a compartment or space I, which may be utilized asa receptacle for slippers or boots that have been dried. Heat may besupplied in any desired manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The drying-cupboard described, consisting of the cupboard A, havingenlarged lower compartment and inclined shelf G, door B to the lowercompartment, with air-space F at the upper edge of the door, hidden bythe depending edge of the shelf, and agrating separating the lower andupper compartments, substantially as shown and described.

lower compartmentprovided with strips 1) and [0 tray 0, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ESTHER ANN JONES.

'Witnesses:

JOHN WALTER BRAIN, SAMUEL MAY.

